يا صاحِ قُل في حاجَتي

أَذَكَرتَها فيما ذَكَرتا

O friend, speak of my need

Did you recall it amidst what you recalled

أَو لا تَرى أَنَّ العِدا

تِ إِذا اِلتَوَيتَ بِها ذُمِمتا

Or do you not see that reproach

When turned to it becomes blemished

رَشِّح لُبانَةَ صاحِبٍ

وَاِذكُر بِها ما كُنتَ قُلتا

Recommend the pureness of a friend

And recall through it what you have said

إِنَّ السَراحَ مَعَ السَما

حِ إِذا شَقيتَ بِما طَلَبتا

Verily ease with forgiveness

When you suffer from what you sought

وَالوَعدُ مِن دَينِ الكِرامِ

فَما تَرى فيما وَعَدتا

And a promise is of the religion of nobles

So what do you see in what you promised

أَسهِل مَطالِعَ حاجَةٍ

قَصَدَ اللِسانُ بِها وَجُرتا

The easiest beginnings of a need

The tongue ventured it and it flowed

المالُ أَهوَنُ هالِكٍ

وَالحَمدُ أَنفَعُ ما اِستَطَعتا

Wealth is the most fleeting destroyer

And thanks are the most useful that you attempted

وَمِنَ العَجائِبِ أَنَّ ما

مَنَّيتَني ثُمَّ اِنقَلَبتا

And of wonders is that you

Gifted me then it reversed

وَبَعَثتُ وَأَيَّةَ كاذِبٍ

وَإِذا وَأَيتَ لَنا كَذَبتا

And I sent Ayya the liar

And when you come to us, you lied

فَأَراكَ تَتبَعُ ما يُذَم

مُ وَلا تَعيجُ بِما حُمِدتا

So I see you follow what is condemned

And not hasten to what is praised

إِن كانَ في الخَطَلِ الصَوا

بُ فَقَد أَصَبتَ وَما عَجِزتا

If there is propriety in the mistake

Then you have succeeded and not failed